Strong's Definition
from 2778; contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
KJV Usage: rebuke, reproach(-fully), shame
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חֶרְפָּה (cher.pah) — reproach. 1) reproach, scorn 1a) taunt, scorn (upon enemy) 1b) reproach (resting upon condition of shame, disgrace) 1c) a reproach (an object)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · חרף
Shame
shame, reproach, disgrace = state in which humans feel shame and humiliation, ◄ due to one's own shortcomings or misfortune and/or contempt from other people
GEN 30:23 · JOS 5:9 · 1SA 11:2 · 1SA 17:26 · 2SA 13:13 · NEH 1:3 · NEH 2:17 · JOB 19:5 · PSA 71:13 · PSA 78:66 · PRO 6:33 · PRO 18:3 · ISA 4:1 · ISA 25:8 · ISA 30:5 · ISA 47:3 · ISA 54:4 · JER 23:40 · JER 31:19 · LAM 5:1 · EZK 36:30 · DAN 12:2
Shame
disgrace = action by which humans bring shame on themselves and face contempt from other people
Shame | ≈ בּוּז · בּוּזָה · בושׁ · בֹּשֶׁת · גִדּוּף · גדל · גדף · הלל · כְּלִמָּה · לַעַג · קֶלֶס
taunt, insult, blasphemy, insolence = causative action by which humans make an effort to arouse an emotion of shame in (other) humans or deities; ◄ by their words or actions
1SA 25:39 · NEH 3:36 · NEH 5:9 · JOB 16:10 · PSA 15:3 · PSA 69:8 · PSA 69:10 · PSA 69:11 · PSA 69:20 · PSA 69:21 · PSA 74:22 · PSA 79:4 · PSA 79:12 · PSA 89:51 · PSA 119:22 · PSA 119:39 · ISA 51:7 · JER 15:15 · JER 20:8 · JER 51:51 · LAM 3:30 · LAM 3:61 · EZK 21:33 · EZK 36:15 · DAN 11:18 · DAN 11:18 · HOS 12:15 · MIC 6:16 · ZEP 2:8 · ZEP 3:18
Shame | ≈ אָלָה · גְּדוּפָה · מָשָׁל · קְלָלָה · קַלָּסָה · שְׁנִינָה · שְׁרֵקָה
object of scorn = an individual, nation, or land that is affected by efforts from others to arouse an emotion of shame in them ◄ by words or actions
PSA 22:7 · PSA 31:12 · PSA 39:9 · PSA 44:14 · PSA 89:42 · PSA 109:25 · JER 24:9 · JER 29:18 · JER 42:18 · JER 44:8 · JER 44:12 · JER 49:13 · EZK 5:14 · EZK 5:15 · EZK 16:57 · EZK 22:4 · DAN 9:16 · JOL 2:17 · JOL 2:19
1 PSA 15:3 MT נשׂא חֶרְפָּה NJPS "... borne reproach for [his acts toward] his neighbor" (which is consistent with PSA.69:8) | RSV NRSV "take up a reproach against" NIV "to cast a slur on" NJB "to cast discredit on" NRSV REB "to tell tales against" GNT "to spread rumours about" CEV "to say cruel things"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חֶרְפָּה n.f. reproach taunt of enemy
reproach which rests upon one, condition of shame, disgrace
a reproach, the object of reproach, the person or thing reproached
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